Archive for
June
2016 - Page 2

(Iowa) Even as teachers become more comfortable teaching to readiness standards that are increasingly aligned with higher education, high school graduates may actually be less prepared, according to a new report.

(District of Columbia) Plans to more aggressively sanction states for errors and omissions in following federal school meal program requirements are getting stiff pushback from parents, elected officials, community groups and critics of the Obama administration.

(Calif.) After pouring more than $1 billion into career education initiatives, California lawmakers are now moving to open workplace programs to more students and also to lengthen the amount of time kids can participate.

(District of Columbia) In a first of its kind survey, the U.S. Department of Education reported Tuesday that more than 6.5 million of the nation’s K-12 students are chronically absent from class – about 13 percent of combined enrollments.

(Colo.) Students who demonstrate career readiness by earning an industry certification or completing a workplace training program or an advanced placement computer science course could earn their schools up to $1000 each as part of a new statewide program.

(Calif.) Bills that would’ve increased funding for after-school programs and provided financial assistance to create affordable housing for teachers are among those left to die this legislative session.

(N.H.) After receiving a bomb threat, even an unsubstantiated one, schools should address students’ heightened anxiety before resuming regular instruction, experts say. Many, however, opt to go about business as usual in the days or even hours following an evacuation or lockdown.

A report released last month that identified more than 1,000 California schools impacted by unsafe drinking water provides evidence, lawmakers say, that the state must intervene and provide resources to help make sure students have access to clean, safe drinking water.

(Calif.) In what may prove a sweeping ruling on the use of new state funds aimed at disadvantaged students, Los Angeles Unified has been ordered to revise its baseline calculation made two years ago that improperly accounted for some $450 million in special education spending.

(Miss.) Add the Mississippi State Board of Education to the growing list of school entities vowing to disregard the policy directive from the Obama administration over transgender students and campus facilities.